Advances in Inorganic Chemistry (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Volume 25 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
List of Contributors 8
Chapter 1. Some Aspects of Silicon–Transition-Metal Chemistry 10
I. Introduction 10
II. Preparative Routes to Molecular Compounds 12
III. Reactivity of Molecular Silicon–Transition-Metal Compounds 48
IV. Information from Physical Methods 91
V. Topics of Special Interest 116
Appendix 127
References 129
Chapter 2. The Electronic Properties of Metal Solutions in Liquid Ammonia and Related Solvents 144
I. Introduction 144
II. The Isolated Solvated Electron in Dilute Solutions 147
III. Electronic Properties of Dilute Solutions 151
IV. Concentrated Solutions and the Nonmetal-to-Metal Transition 177
V. Concluding Remarks 187
Appendix 187
References 189
Chapter 3. Metal Borates 196
I. Introduction 196
II. Nomenclature 197
III. Structural Characteristics of Metal Borates 197
IV. Aqueous Solutions of Metal Borates 209
V. Preparation and Properties of Metal Borates 220
VI. Concluding Remarks 234
References 234
Chapter 4. Compounds of Gold in Unusual Oxidation States 248
I. Introduction 248
II. Compounds of Gold in Oxidation State –1 249
III. Compounds of Gold in Fractional Oxidation States: Gold Clusters 252
IV. Compounds of Gold in Oxidation State +2 258
V. Compounds of Gold in Oxidation State +5 266
References 271
Chapter 5. Hydride Compounds of the Titanium and Vanadium Group 276
I. Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium Hydrides 276
II. Vanadium, Niobium, and Tantalum Hydrides 314
References 343
Index 350
Contents of Previous Volumes 359